Manuel Canaveris

Manuel Canaveris
Personal details
Born	Manuel José Ramón Cornelio Jugluns de Canaveris 1787 Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata
Died	1830 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality	Argentine
Political party	Confederationist
Spouse(s)	María de los Ángeles Rodríguez y Calderón de la Barca
Occupation	Farmer
Profession	Militia
Awards	Standard-bearer
Military service
Allegiance	Spain — until 1810 United Provinces of the River Plate
Service/branch	Militias of Buenos Aires Argentine Army
Years of service	1806-1812
Rank	Lieutenant
Commands	Regimiento N° 4 de Infantería Regimiento de Patricios
Battles/wars	British invasions of the Río de la Plata Mutiny of Álzaga May Revolution War of Independence

Manuel Canaveris (1787–1830) was an Argentine army officer, who made his military career in Buenos Aires as Lieutenant in the Regiment of Patricians. He also served as Lt. in the 4th Regiment of Buenos Aires.^[1] Canaveris and his family had an active participation during the English invasions and May Revolution. His father was one of the neighbors who attended the Open Cabildo of May 22, 1810.^[2]

He was the only member of the Canaveris Esparza family to dedicate himself entirely to the militia. His sons were linked to families Ferrer, Michelena and Pelliza, outstanding soldiers who served during the Argentine War of Independence.

Personal life

Padrón de extranjeros, Manuel Canabeu (Canaveris) & family. This census was carried out in August 1818, in the district of Monserrat

He was born on September 15, 1787 in Buenos Aires, and was baptized the next day in the Metropolitan Cathedral by the presbyter Juan Antonio Delgado as Josse Manuel Cornelio Ramón Jugluns de Canaverys, being his godmother Juana Fonelo,^[3] belonging to a family from Cádiz.^[4]

Manuel was the eighth son of Don Juan Canaveris, born in Saluzzo, Piedmont, Kingdom of Sardinia, and Doña Bernarda Catalina de Esparza, belonging to a distinguished family of the city. His family consisted of six brothers and six women, born between 1773 and 1797. They lived in a two-story house, with a roof, belonging to their maternal grandmother Doña María Eugenia Sánchez Galianos.^[5] His house was located in the Calle de la Piedad, (now Bartolomé Mitre, between 25 de Mayo and Leandro N. Alem) in the neighborhood of San Nicolás.^[6]

His remote paternal ancestors were native to Central and Western Europe, and the maternal ones belonged to lineages of the Iberian peninsula.

Manuel Canaveris, married at parish church Nuestra Señora de Montserrat on April 24, 1811, with María Angeles Rodríguez, daughter of Basilio Rodríguez and Anselma Calderón de la Barca. They were married by the father Juan Nepomuceno Solá, and attended as witnesses of the ceremony Cayetano Silva (alcalde del cuartel n°28 in 1815)^[7] and María Martínez.^[8] Canaveris and his wife had eight children, Sinforoso, Antonino, María Juana, Eustaquia, Serapio, Rufino, Vicente and Ruperta Canaveri.^[9]

Sinforoso Canaveri Rodríguez was born on July 17, 1808 and was baptized in the parish Nuestra Señora de Montserrat on July 20 of the same year. was married in the parish of Jesús Amoroso (San Martín) to Manuela Pelliza, daughter of Francisco Pelliza and María de los Santos Fernández.^[10] After his first wife died, he was dedicated to trade, owned a Barraca de Frutos (Grocery store) on Victoria Street, located one block from the Plaza de la Victoria.^[11] Sinforoso was also married to Rosa Farias Zubillaga and Quintina Páez, both women belonging to traditional Uruguayan families.^[12]

Antonino Canaveri Rodríguez (1812-1890) was godson of Juan Bayá Rosell and María Manuela Bayá.^[13] He was married twice: first to Juana Sosa.^[14] and second with Norberta García, a woman 30 years younger than him. According to the census of 1869, Antonino Canaveri was dedicated to driving carriages or wagons in the city.^[15]

Serapio Canaveri Rodríguez was husband of Daniela Blanco, born on December 11, 1820 (St. Daniel),^[16] daughter of Rufino Blanco and Vicenta Calvo,^[17] a Creole family related to Saturnino Blanco, an Argentine military man who served as Commandant in Yaguareté Corá.^[18] His daughter Aurelia Josefa Canaveri Blanco, was goddaughter of José María Torres.^[19] According to the Buenos Aires census of 1855, Serapio Canaveri was employed as a butcher, and his son Manuel had been born in Salto, Uruguay.^[20] He was probably the brother or cousin of Pedro Canaveri (Zoilo Canavery's grandfather), a neighbor of Barracas Sur who practiced a similar profession.^[21]

Rufino Canaveri Rodríguez was married twice, first to María Cirila Borda, daughter of Vicente Borda and Ignacia de Santa Ana.^[22] And second with Dionisia Peraza, daughter of Joaquín Peraza and Celestina Saco.^[23] Rufino served as an employee^[24] of the Compañía Primitiva de Gas de Buenos Aires Ltda..^[25]

Ruperta Canaveris Rodríguez was married (March 13, 1847) in the parish of Balvanera to Ramón Ferrer (of Catalan and Creole roots), son of Julian Ferrer and Fernanda del Valle.^[26] Ruperta and her husband were the parents of Dolores Ferrer Canaveri, born on October 16, 1850.^[27]

The oldest son of Manuel Canaveris and Ángeles Rodríguez, Don Sinforoso Canaveris served as Lieutenant in the ranks of the Federal Army. Towards the year of 1840 he integrated in the Batallón de Voluntarios Rebajados of Buenos Aires,^[28] a military unit that was led by Joaquín Ramiro.^[29] His son-in-law Juan Ángel Michelena,^[30] was born in the city of Guayaquil (Ecuador). In 1820, he began his military career, serving as Sergeant in the Battalion of the Rio de la Plata.^[31] In 1821, Michelena was sent to serve in the Campaign to Upper Peru, with the rank of sergeant, he was under the command of General José de San Martín, taking part in the Battle of Torata and Battle of Moquegua where he was taken prisoner.^[32]

The Canaveris Rodríguez family are the ancestors of prominent Argentine and Uruguayan military, including, Francisco Canavery Pelliza, who served as Lieutenant of the cavalry. Héctor Canavery and Saturnino Canaveri, lieutenant colonels, who had participated in military expeditions against the Indians during the Conquest of the Desert.^[33] And the Lieutenant colonel Isabelino Canaveris, (born in Montevideo), had been involved in armed conflicts in Uruguay.^[34]

His descendants were related to families of O'Gorman's and Terry's. His great-grandson, Virginio Canaveris was baptized on November 8, 1867, being his godson Manuel Terry Marmol, belonging to an old family from Buenos Aires.^[35] In 1879 Col. Tomás O'Gorman attended as godfather at the wedding of his great-granddaughter María Luisa Canaveri with Damián Vera.^[36]

Sinforoso Canaveris Rodríguez in the January 23, 1833 edition of the newspaper El Lucero

Manuel María Canaveri, Sinforoso Canavery and Camilo Canavery, the grandchildren of Manuel Canaveris practiced as jurists. Manuel María, born in Montevideo, was the husband of Juana Bolasco and María Luisa de Alvarado Périchon, a distinguished lady of French ancestry linked to Ernest Rouquaud.^[37]

Sinforoso was married to Angélica Andrade, a woman of Portuguese and Creole roots whose ancestors were related to the families of Monterroso Rueda, Merlos,^[38] Belgrano .^[39] belonging to distinguished families of El Puerto de Santa María and Buenos Aires.

Camilo Canavery (godson of José Antonio Durán), was a lawyer who joined the rebel forces of the Civic Union during the Revolution of the Park.^[40] He served as attorney of Enrique Mathet and José Camilo Crotto, Governor of Buenos Aires Province between 1918 and 1921.^[41]

The maternal grandmother of the Canaveris Rodríguez family was María Anselma Calderón de la Barca, daughter of Joseph Antonio Calderón and Margarita Taborda, a traditional Creole family descended from Spanish conquistadors , linked to families from Carmen de Areco, Exaltación de la Cruz and Rosario, Santa Fe. She died in 1829 in Buenos Aires, being buried in the Cementerio del Norte.^[42]

Military career

Officer of Cántabros regiment, according to a drawing of his time

The 4th regiment appeared in the edition of August 16, 1810, of Gazeta de Buenos Ayres

Manuel Canaveris did his elementary studies in the Real Colegio de San Carlos, the main educational establishment of the city. Some time later he and his brothers began to work as accounting employees of the Court of Accounts of Buenos Aires, where his father performed administrative functions.^[43]

Like other members of his mother's family, Manuel served in the military. His mother's ancestors include Captains Miguel Gerónimo Esparza,^[44] Francisco de Salas Reynoso, Pedro Morales y Mercado and Gonzalo Carbajal,^[45] who served as General and Lieutenant Governor of Santa Fe.^[46]

Manuel Canaveris and his brothers Mariano, Joaquín and José were members of the volunteer militias, for defense of Buenos Aires during the British invasions of the Río de la Plata 1806-1807. In the second British invasion Manuel Canaveris, had served in Tercio de Cántabros Montañeses or in the Batallón de Voluntarios de Galicia (cited as Carabelos),^[47] Mariano Canaveris served in Húsares de Pueyrredón, José Canaveris in the Quinteros y Labradores,^[48] and Joaquín Canaveris in the Tercio de Vizcaínos, formed by volunteers of Basque origin.^[49]

The Tercio de Cántabros Montañeses, also known as Tercio of Montañeses, had been created on September 18, 1806, and counted as chiefs José de la Oyuela and Pedro Andrés García, belonging to illustrious families of the city. At the beginning of the English invasions the battalion had 4 companies, with 261 troops.^[50] During the second invasion the British commanders Robert Craufurd and Denis Pack, were defeated by Creole regiments of Montañeses and Patricios in the Convent of Santo Domingo.^[51] The Battalion of Galicia, was composed mostly by neighbors of Galician origin. His commander was Pedro Cerviño.^[52]

His brother Jose Canaveris, a well-known city lawyer, was awarded with the degree of Captain, by the Junta Suprema of Seville for his heroic actions during the English invasions. And his father Juan de Canaveris, an member of the Court of Accounts of Buenos Aires, was one of the neighbors who voted for the dismissal of Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros as viceroy of the Río de la Plata.

Unlike his brothers, who were lawyers and teachers, he devoted himself entirely to the military career. Between 1809 and 1810, Canaveris was Sub-lieutenant Abanderado in the 4th Regiment of Infantry, formed by members of the "Tercio de Cántabros Montañeses" and Tercio de Andaluces. The Cántabros regiment was one of the units held by Viceroy Liniers, who repressed the rebels during Mutiny of Álzaga.^[53] Canaveris served in the same regiment during the events of May 1810, and took part in the early years of the struggle for Independence in Argentina.

On August 3, 1810 Canaveris was promoted to Lieutenant of the 4th Regiment,^[54] by order of the Primera Junta, serving under the orders of the Colonels José Merelo and Ignacio Álvarez Thomas. He together with the officers of the regiment,^[55] had contributed money for the First Upper Peru campaign.^[56]

That same year he rescued a freedman,^[57] probably to be enlisted in the Regimiento de Castas, a military unit of freedmen recruited in Buenos Aires.^[58] In 1811, Lt. Canaveris continued to be in charge of carrying the banner of the 4th regiment.^[59] The 4th regiment of Buenos Aires, led by Álverez Thomas took part in the Second Campaign on Montevideo of 1811.^[60]

After the Motín de las Trenzas, the 1st Regiment of Patricians was in charge of Manuel Belgrano. On January 1, 1812 Canaveris was appointed as Lieutenant in the Regiment of Patricians, being commissioned to provide services in the guarnición of Buenos Aires as officer of the 7° Compañia de fusileros.^[61] The Patricians began using Brown Bess muskets, (known as "tower") which had been seized from the English invaders.^[62]

Canaveris was a colleague of the brothers Ángel Galup and Manuel Galup, Uruguayans officers who had an outstanding work during the emancipatory wars..^[63]

Manuel Canaveris was retired from the Army at the age of 24 years, on January 17, 1812. He had served for six years, including his four years of service as Commander in the 2° Batallón del Regimiento N° 4 de Infantería of Buenos Aires, and in the 7° Compañía de Fusileros del Regimiento N°2 de Patricios.^[64]

After his retirement from the militia, he was dedicated to his farm. He owned a small ranch, probably located in Barracas or Balvanera. His grandchildren and nephews are cited in the historical novel Amalia, written by José Mármol.^[65]

References

External links

• Gazeta de Buenos Aires - archive.org
• Registro nacional 1810/1821 - Digital Library
• familysearch.org
• familysearch.org